Report Manager F1 Help

The following topics provide page-level help for SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Report Manager. There is one topic for each page in the application. Not all pages may be available. Security settings determine the pages that you can access. To access these topics from within Report Manager, click Help on the main toolbar.

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Topic Description

Icons in Report Manager

Provides a list of the icons used in Report Manager and a description of their functionality.

Choose Link Page (Report Manager)

Attach a linked report to a different report definition.

Choose Linked Report Location Page (Report Manager)

Save a linked report to a folder in the report server folder hierarchy.

Contents Page (Report Manager)

View the contents of a folder, navigate to folders within the current folder, and select the reports you want to run. You can also use this page to delete, move, or view details about items that are contained in a folder.

Create Data-driven Subscription Page (Report Manager)

Follow a step-by-step approach to define a subscription that gets a subscriber list and values for delivery options at run time.

Data Source Selection Page (Report Manager)

Select a shared data source to use with a report.

Data Sources Properties Page (Report Manager)

View or modify properties of data sources that provide content for the current report.

Error Page (Report Manager)

Show information about an error condition.

Execution Properties Page (Report Manager)

View or modify run-time execution properties of the current report.

General Properties Page (Folders, Report Manager)

View and modify properties of folders that you create.

General Properties Page (Reports, Report Manager)

View or modify general properties of the current report, edit or replace the underlying report definition, create a linked report, and delete or move the report.

General Properties Page (Resources, Report Manager)

View or modify properties of resources that you upload or that are associated with a report.

General Properties Page (Shared Data Sources, Report Manager)

View and modify properties of a shared data source item.

History Properties Page (Report Manager)

View or modify property settings that automate the generation of report history and set maximum limits for report history storage.

Item-Level Roles Page (Report Manager)

View item-level roles that are defined for the report server. You can use item-level roles to create role assignments for items that the report server manages.

Manage Jobs Page (Report Manager)

View in-progress reports and data-driven subscriptions.

Move Items Page (Report Manager)

Move folders and reports to a different location.

My Subscriptions Page (Report Manager)

View and modify subscriptions that you own.

New Data Source Page (Report Manager)

Create or modify a shared data source that can be used to provide content to reports.

New Folder Page (Report Manager)

Create a new folder at the current location.

New Linked Report Page (Report Manager)

Create a new linked report from a report that is already published.

New Role / Edit Role Page (Report Manager)

Create or modify a role definition by selecting the tasks it supports.

New Role Assignment / Edit Role Assignment Page (Report Manager)

Create or modify the security for an item. Security is defined through role assignments.

New Schedule / Edit Schedule Page (Report Manager)

Create or modify a schedule by specifying frequency settings.

New Subscription / Edit Subscription Page (Report Manager)

Create or modify delivery and notification settings of a report subscription.

New System Role / Edit System Role Page (Report Manager)

Create or modify roles that control user actions on a server-wide basis.

New System Role Assignments / Edit System Role Assignments Page (Report Manager)

Create or modify role assignments that apply to the report server.

Parameters Properties Page (Report Manager)

View or modify values of parameterized reports.

Report History Page (Report Manager)

View snapshots of a report that were taken at specific points in time.

Reports Page (Report Manager)

View a list of reports that use a shared data source.

Search Page (Report Manager)

View the results of a search for a report name or description.

Security Properties Page (Items, Report Manager)

View or modify security settings for a report, folder, resource, or shared data source.

Shared Schedules Page (Report Manager)

Create and manage shared schedules that can be defined independently of a report and referenced by many reports that require the same schedule information.

Site Settings Page (Report Manager)

View or modify the application name and other settings that have a site-wide effect.

Subscriptions Page (Report Manager)

View or modify all user subscriptions of the current report.

System Role Assignments Page (Report Manager)

View or modify server-level security policies that enable the generation of application events and define the operations that report server administrators can perform.

System Roles Page (Report Manager)

View system-level roles that can be used to create security policies for the report server.

Upload File Page (Report Manager)

Copy a file from a file system to a report folder.

View Page (Reports, Report Manager)

View a rendered report.

View Page (Resources, Report Manager)

View a resource.

See Also

Other Resources

Managing Report Server Content
How to: Start Report Manager (Report Manager)
Report Manager
Managing and Working With Published Reports
Reporting Services Component Overview
Reporting Services F1 Help

Help and Information

Getting SQL Server 2005 Assistance